Communiqués de Presse

(Abidjan / Geneva, 16 January 2012) – The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Bragg, has started a three-day mission to Côte d’Ivoire.

The mission aims to assess the humanitarian situation one year after the post-electoral crisis and to draw international attention to the remaining challenges. The objective is also to support the efforts of the authorities to strengthen early recovery...

When Nestor Gonkapieu heard gunshots ring out in his village in December 2010, he didn’t wait to see who was shooting before running for cover. “In 2002, the same sound preceded a massacre here,” he remembers.

Nestor’s daughter, Cyprienne, was playing outside the village with other children. Nestor says he panicked and fled west from his home in Kouyagulpelou, which lies a few miles from the Liberian border. Finding her family gone, 10-year-old Cyprienne also ran,...

When Nestor Gonkapieu heard gunshots ring out in his village in December 2010, he didn’t wait to see who was shooting before running for cover. “In 2002, the same sound preceded a massacre here,” he remembers.

Nestor’s daughter, Cyprienne, was playing outside the village with other children. Nestor says he panicked and fled west from his home in Kouyagulpelou, which lies a few miles from the Liberian border. Finding her family gone, 10-year-old Cyprienne also ran,...

(Abidjan/Geneva/New York, 17 November 2011) – Humanitarian actors in Cote d’Ivoire are now in the process of facilitating the return of displaced persons living at the Catholic Mission camp in Duekoue to their zones of origin in the Western part of the country. Thousands of people have sought refuge in the Mission premises following the post-electoral crisis that rocked the country.

The Ivorian Government after consultation with humanitarian actors has taken the...